Windows: Everybody gets 5 GB free in Amazon's new Cloud Drive, and those who buy any MP3 album get 20 GB. Make more of that web-based space with Gladinet Cloud Desktop, which just updated to support Cloud Drive and integrate it like a network-attached folder.

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Grab a copy of Gladinet for your 32-bit or 64-bit Windows system and install it. Right after installation, you'll be asked to set up at least one cloud storage system. Right at the top of the list is Amazon Cloud Drive—though take note of the other offerings, including Picasa Web Storage, Gmail, Windows Live SkyDrive, and many more. For now, though, choose Amazon Cloud Drive, then enter your Amazon.com sign-in information when prompted. You'll now see a local Explorer window, open to your Gladinet drive (usually "Z:"), with the stuff you've stashed in the Amazon cloud available as if they were local files.

You can't move files around in real time, exactly. Spot-to-spot transfers can take some time, though you can set-and-forget files for uploading. The way to get synced, local-that up is to create a "Cloud Sync Folder," which keeps your files stashed locally, synced to your Cloud Drive changes and synced to other computers with Gladinet installed. Gladinet requires a Pro purchase to set up the Cloud Sync Folder—I've set up my folder on the free version, but I'm currently stuck in a holding pattern waiting for the first sync to occur.

Gladinet's basic cloud-mounting service is free to use; the Pro version is $49.99, and comes with a 30-day trial. If you know another way to get into your Cloud Drive without a web browser, tell us about it in the comments.